Rod Woodson talking about why he's moving into NFL coaching after seven years with NFL network. He says he's already spending full days at the Raiders facility. He says that the Raiders will be doing new things on defense this year that will give the DBs more chances at some interceptions, including Nnamdi if he resigns with the Raiders. A great six minute interview with lots of information.

Shots of the Oakland Coliseum being built....Tom Flores making some great passes....the old Frank Youell Field (where the Raiders played when I was a kid)......great history. I have it embedded on our home page too, along with a few other new videos.

Great interview. You can tell both Groves and Ford are proud to be Raiders and know what needs to be done next season. Quentin alluded to the fact that several key losses really came back to bite us in the ass this year and that cannot happen next year. Jacoby seems like a really great kid, very humble for the amount of ridiculous highlights he provided the Raider Nation this year. I also liked that they mentioned that Hue Jackson pushes them hard in practice. Nice to hear our new HC has tons of passion for the game. Can't wait 'til next season!

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People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. - George Orwell

Could you feel the stress of the need to win games vs division opponents like San Diego who had been beating the Raiders in prior years?

How did it feel to sweep San Diego?

Describe the Denver at Denver game. Your feelings on how Darren McFadden performed.

Jason Campbell….what kind of guy is he?

What was it like when Jason Campbell was pulled after six quarters? What was it like when Campbell and Gradkowski were alternating at QB spot?

Describe how Campbell and Gradkowski differ as QBs and in personality. How they compare as QBs.

What's it like to be a player on Al Davis' team? What it's like to wear the silver and black. The support of Raider Nation at home and on the road.

The interview was in progress when news of Coach Cable's dismissal came out. Jacoby Ford and Quentin Groves learned of this development from the ComCast interviewer Kate Longworth, and she got their immediate feelings about it.

Hue Jackson….what does he bring to the Raiders?

What is Hue Jackson saying on the sidelines? During practice. During games.

The "bittersweet" feel at the end of the season. Sweeping the division but not making the playoffs. The close losses that cost them the playoffs.

Groves says the Raiders would have made "a lot of noise" in the playoffs if they had gotten in.

Are the elements in place for the Raiders to make the playoffs in 2011?

Groves breaks down the team position by position, player by player.He says that this year, the Raiders won't be thinking playoffs, they'll be thinking World Championship.

I kept waiting to see if anyone would post the press conference on YouTube, and when no one did....I had to record it myself...using my iPhone in front of my TV (I had used my DVR to record the conference). Didn't finish until 1:30am (and had to get up for work at 6:15)...but someone had to do it!

I had to divide it up into 8 segments, which I posted on our home page. There are a few minutes of material missing between some of the segments, because my iPhone would only allow 10 minute segments and on some I had recorded close to 15....so I lost 3-5 minutes at the end of each segment, but most of it is there:

i only got thru 29 seconds of that crap before i stopped playing it. the best song is the one by the hazmat boyz. "total eclipse." a song for the nation by the nation. ice cube's song is OK, but it sounds like he wrote it in 30 seconds. and "we are the raiders"? puh-leese. seriously, how many times in a row would you want to hear that blasting at a tailgate party?

"we are the raiders, we are the raiders, we are the raiders, we are the raiders ..." um, who are you? what's your team's name? it's not clear to me. say it a few more times. "we are the raiders, we are the raiders, we are the raiders, we are the raiders ..."

what's hilarious is that the dolts actually play that 1970s disco song in their stadium during games. without randy's added car crash sound effects, of course.

that is really cool. I dont give a damn if the game was sloppy or not, if you win by 1 or 101 guess what??? you still win..........................................................................................

The HazMat Boyz were at the Biletnikoff Monte Carlo Night event last night...and performed that song for us in the room where the silent auction was going on. All of a sudden things weren't quite so "silent".

The HazMat Boyz were at the Biletnikoff Monte Carlo Night event last night...and performed that song for us in the room where the silent auction was going on. All of a sudden things weren't quite so "silent".